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Toronto. Decreasing the limit will help bring them to the rural areas.” #POOFBV0/FJMMTBJE-0SJHOBM1BDLJOH has just one foreign worker on staff, partly because experienced butchers, both at home and abroad, are difficult to find. She hopes this program will give her the opportunity to hire more labour from outside of Canada. “There aren’t many butchers around and it isn’t a trade people are really getting into,” TBJE#POOFBV0/FJMMi*IBWFPOFGPSFJHO worker who has been with us since July. As we grow, I’m looking into increasing if I can, especially as a butcher or meat cutter. That would be a great thing.” UCPR warden and Mayor of Champlain 5PXOTIJQ/PSNBOE3JPQFMXBTQMFBTFEUP hear rural communities were considered when deciding to extend the program. i8IFUIFSJUTUIFVQQFSUJFSPSUIFMPXFS tier, the municipalities will benefit because we will be able to get people employed in our local businesses,” said Riopel “It’s great news.” Other changes to the permanent residency transition include allowing unions, not just employers, to attest to a candidate’s expe- rience, accepting work experience gained under an open work permit and expanding open work permit access to family members. “I believe it’s incumbent upon us to extend opportunities for the families to be with them,” said Fraser. “And I think we have a moral responsibility to promote family reunification, which is also going to be an excellent recruitment tool when workers who are thinking about coming to Canada know that their loved ones will be able to be here with them.” “It gives us hope for the future, hope in HSPXJOHPVSCVTJOFTT uTBJE#POOFBV0/FJMM “It’s a good thing to have hope for future generations of workers, particularly in these trades.”
Le ministre fédéral de l’Immigration, des Réfugiés et de la Citoyenneté, Sean Fraser (à gauche), et la propriétaire de L’Orignal Packing, Christine Bonneau-O’Neill, examinent certains des produits offerts dans le magasin. Le député de Glengarry-Prescott-Russell, Francis Drouin (à droite), et le directeur de l’UCPR, Normand Riopel (à l’arrière), étaient présents lors de l’annonce de M. Fraser concernant la prolongation du Programme pilote agroalimentaire du Canada à L’Orignal Packing, le lundi 8 mai. - photo Joseph Coppolino
annually and was set to expire on May 14 this year. Fraser announced the government’s intention to support the program until May 2025. The announcement included removing the annual occupational caps which limited the number of applicants allowed per occupation. For employers in the region, the lifting of limits means more labour will become available for rural communities. “It opens the doors to get more butchers and meat cutters in the area,” said L’Orignal 1BDLJOHPXOFS$ISJTUJOF#POOFBV0/FJMM ‘There are so few coming in that they usually go to the big cities like Ottawa, Montreal,
visited the meat processor Monday mor- ning, May 8, to announce the extension of the Agri-Food Pilot program, which works with employers in the agri-food industry to provide foreign temporary workers a pathway to permanent residence status. ‘Our farmers and food processors depend on the steady arrival of foreign workers so that planting, harvesting and food proces- sing activities can take place throughout the year, and they need our continued support to attract and retain these talented workers,” said Fraser. First launched in May 2020, the pilot pro- gram can process up to 2,750 applications
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United Counties of Prescott-Russell Warden Normand Riopel and Glengarry- Prescott-Russell MP Francis Drouin were on hand today at L’Orignal Packing in Champlain Township as the federal Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Sean Fraser announced the extension of a program promoting skilled foreign labour entering Canada’s agricultural sector. The local and federal representatives
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La Cité de Clarence-Rockland est à la recherche de personnes pour combler certains postes au sein du Comité consultatif de vérité et réconciliation. Ce comité a comme objectif de conseiller et aider la mise en place d’un plan d’action de réconciliation pour la Cité, faire des recommandations à l’administration et de favoriser les bonnes relations de travail entre les peuples autochtones et non-autochtones. La Cité cherche à combler six (6) postes de membres résidants représentant la communauté autochtone. Tous les détails concernant le Comité consultatif de vérité et réconciliation se retrouvent sur le site web de la Cité au www.clarence-rockland.com Les personnes intéressées doivent soumettre le formulaire Nomination aux comités ou commissions dûment rempli, au plus tard le 30 mai 2023 , à l’attention de la Greffe, Cité de Clarence-Rockland, 1560, rue Laurier, Rockland ON K4K 1P7 ou au administration@clarence-rockland.com. Pour de plus amples renseignements, communiquez avec Maryse St-Pierre, greffière adjointe, au 613-446-6022, poste 2400, ou au administration@clarence-rockland.com. Les renseignements personnels sont recueillis conformément à la Loi de 1990 sur l’accès à l’information municipal et la protection de la vie privée .
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